Los Alamos vs Summerland

A side-by-side comparison of Los Alamos and Summerland: population, income, housing, and more.

Los Alamos and Summerland are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Summerland has the higher population (1,248 vs 886 in Los Alamos). Summerland has the higher median household income ($133,083 vs $53,673 in Los Alamos). Summerland has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $672,100 in Los Alamos).

Population, income & housing

	Los Alamos	Summerland
Population	886	1,248
Median age	71.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$133,083
Median home value	$672,100	$2,000,001
Housing units	619	729
Homeownership rate	79.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	54.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Alamos	Summerland
Population	1,634 → 886 (-45.8%)	844 → 1,248 (+47.9%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $53,673 (-16.9%)	$73,031 → $133,083 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$450,000 → $672,100 (+49.4%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $536 (-67.9%)	$3,013 → $2,170 (-28.0%)

Los Alamos

Population

1,634886

Median household income

$64,583$53,673

Median home value

$450,000$672,100

Median gross rent

$1,669$536

Summerland

Population

8441,248

Median household income

$73,031$133,083

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,013$2,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Alamos	Summerland
Under 5	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	3.2%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.5%	3.5%
35 to 44	1.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	21.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	30.6%	11.9%
75 and over	30.7%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Alamos	Summerland
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	52.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	14.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Alamos	Summerland
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.5%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Alamos	Summerland
Drove alone	49.9%	50.0%
Carpooled	25.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	50.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Alamos	Summerland
1-unit, detached	85.6%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Alamos	Summerland
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.4%
Average household size	1.76	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1994	1968